Only pay one dollar first, do you really dare to book? That was the first thing I said to myself in front of the screen. I was booking a car on QEEQ and my plan kept jumping in my head. It went from early June to mid July. It was a long time and I was traveling alone so I felt a bit nervous. Then I saw something called One-Dollar Freeze and I started to look at it more carefully. I was a bit worried inside. For such a long rental, do I need to pay a lot of money at once? Will my credit card feel too heavy? I found out they only asked me to pay 1 dollar first to lock the car. I really stopped for a moment and checked my understanding again and again. Then I clicked confirm. My heart felt lighter right away and my budget did not feel so tight. Some time later I looked at my booking again. I would pick up the car in Cranbrook in Canada, around the morning of June tenth. The rental company was Budget and I chose a Toyota Yaris automatic, a small four door five seat car. For one person it was more than enough. I was curious. When will the rest of the money be charged? Will it be charged at a wrong time or will they charge too much? When it was close to the real pickup date, like the day before, they charged the rest of the money from my card just like they said before. When I got the payment notice I felt quite calm because it was exactly what I expected. There was no random extra charge and not even one dollar more. I checked the bill a few times. The amount matched the booking. I felt like I planned this trip in a more mature way. I also thought about the return. It would be around a morning in mid July when I drive the car back to the Cranbrook office. During the whole time I did not need to worry about payment. At the start it was only that 1 dollar booking fee and later there was no interest problem. This payment way made the pressure on my card much smaller. When I look back, if I had to pay the full amount at the beginning, I might think too much and worry about my card limit and do a lot of boring math. With One-Dollar Freeze I could first lock the car and then prepare the rest of the budget slowly. Even when I felt a bit unsure inside, I could just check the booking and feel calm because the car was already reserved. For me this kind of flexible payment plan is more important than I thought.
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